Dictionary

gadabout en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɡædəbaʊt/

Etymology

Deverbal from gad about.

Meanings

1. A person who restlessly moves from place to place, seeking amusement or the companionship of others.
   • I was among the last to board the ferry. ... Chilean tourists, Uruguayan doctors, old Argentine gadabouts of high-society heritage, ladies wearing strident perfumes, families, all of them in those same light blue sneakers, like Smurfs. 2021, Pedro Mairal, chapter 11, in The Woman from Uruguay, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:

Forms

Synonyms

social butterfly

Translations (11)

ka მოხეტიალე (person who restlessly moves from place to place seeking amusement or the companionship of others) · ga rásaí (person who restlessly moves from place to place seeking amusement or the companionship of others) · gd galbhag (person who restlessly moves from place to place seeking amusement or the companionship of others) · gd maol-ruanaidh (person who restlessly moves from place to place seeking amusement or the companionship of others) · gd fear cèilidheach (person who restlessly moves from place to place seeking amusement or the companionship of others) · it saltafossi (person who restlessly moves from place to place seeking amusement or the companionship of others) · ka მაწანწალა (person who restlessly moves from place to place seeking amusement or the companionship of others) · mi tou tīrairaka (person who restlessly moves from place to place seeking amusement or the companionship of others) · mi tourepa (person who restlessly moves from place to place seeking amusement or the companionship of others) · hy դատարկաշրջիկ (person who restlessly moves from place to place seeking amusement or the companionship of others) · gd galbh (person who restlessly moves from place to place seeking amusement or the companionship of others)